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Appalachian Trail Day 36: First Injury

Not much to see today, and pretty uneventful unless you count when I slid down the mountain. I had my ...
Appalachian Trail Day 35: Waterfalls & Leaving NC…Again!?

A nice, humid day made nicer by two waterfalls. I also left North Carolina again (had no idea that was ...
Appalachian Trail Day 34: Isaacs Cemetery & First Solo

First day of being solo, it was hot as balls, and I saw my first snake on the trail. Oh, ...
Appalachian Trail Day 33: Up & Over Hump Mountain to 19E

Nighttime thunder and rain, a foggy/misty morning, climbing hump mountain, some injuries, leaving NorthCarolina for good, and finally making it ...
Appalachian Trail Day 32: Hiking the Roan Highlands

Today we did the Roan Highlands, and it was a beautiful day for it. The weather was great. We did ...
Appalachian Trail Day 31: Highest Shelter on the AT

We’re back on the trail! Rain and mist greeted us as we hiked four miles uphill on a muddy trail, ...
Appalachian Trail #5: Injury, Rain Delay, & Trail Days

We made it back to the trail, ready to do our first key swap. But the week ended with another ...
Appalachian Trail #4: Made it to Uncle Johnny’s

We started the week still in Gatlinburg and ended it at Uncle Johnny's, where I came up with a wild ...
Appalachian Trail #3: Injury & Gatlinburg

We started off the week with a 12(ish) mile slackpack, then a trip to the ER, and ended it by ...
Appalachian Trail #2: A Wildfire Changes Our Plan

Week 2 started off with a 14-mile slack pack that I originally remember in 2020 as being easy. My Tramily ...
Appalachian Trail #1: Forming a Tramily

Miles Since Last UpdateTotal Miles HikedMiles Remaining 0 38.2 2160.2 This week was full of laughter, making new friends, and ...
Appalachian Trail: Pre-Trail Gear Changes

Since we had to come home briefly from our BamaToBaxter hike due to Suspenders' health issues, we decided to make ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 29: Oakey Mountain

Oakey Mountain isn't as tall as Dugger Mountain, but man it kicked our butts worse than Dugger did. It took ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 28: Dugger Mountain & Plane Wreckage

Today, we started the "harder" section. It honestly felt the same as all the others, lmao. Yes, the climb was ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 26 & 27: Laurel Shelter to Burns Trailhead & a Zero Day

After a poor night's sleep, we woke up, had breakfast, and headed out. The plan was to go to a ...
Pinhoti Trail Day 25: Pine Glen Campground to Laurel Shelter (& a Ghostly Tale)

The trail leading out of Pine Glen Campground is super nice, and I am not just saying that because it ...